Our Readers Say: Tea Party wants it both ways

The letter “Tea Party works against itself, democracy (June 12)” is a concise Reader’s Digest and distilled version of the Tea Party’s philosophy.

The party or government these people rail against is having it both ways, i.e., calling for less government, yet having government in women’s reproductive rights, attempting to legally mandate 20-week limitations on abortion, hampering voting rights, threatening to shut down the government, denying Medicaid to the poor, et al.

What is the operational definition of having the borders closed? What is a smaller government?

Privatize all government services and see who can afford police, fire, hurricane, fire, earthquake, et al., services.

Don’t tread on my right to choose anything this country offers me.

What Tea Party policies are for the betterment of this nation? None.

Tell the wounded soldiers returning from the Bush/Cheney lie that big government can’t treat them.